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Dog river, establishing concessions VI, V and IV. From the south-east corner of 

 lot 4, concession IV as established, one mile was measured south and a line run 

 east astronomically from this point to intersect the Dog river, establishing conces- 

 sion III. From the south-east corner of lot 10, concession III, one mile was meas- 

 ured south and a line run east astronomically from this point to intersect the Dog 

 river, establishing concessions I and II; from the point where this line intersects 

 the line between lots 12 and 13, one mile was measured east and a line run, south 

 from this point to intersect the south boundary, and north astronomically across 

 concession II and produced to the Dog river. 



Throughout the township all the odd numbered lots were made forty chains in 

 width, the posts on the south boundary being planted at such distances as were 

 required to give these lots a perpendicular width of forty chains. Iron posts were 

 planted as shown on the projected plan. 



The magnetic variation remained fairly constant at two degrees and fifteen 

 minutes east, and no greater variation than four degrees was observed at any time. 



TlMBEH. 



Most of the timber of economic value has been destroyed by forest fires which 

 swept the country at various dates. The south-west part of the township and parts 

 of the south-east portion have been burned clean so that there are now but a few 

 scattered trees and a heavy growth of underbrusli with an occasional patch of tlie 

 original timber. Another fire of more recent date has destroyed the timber in the 

 central part of the north half of the township. In the north-east corner of the town- 

 ship there is a considerable stand of the original growth, the merchantable pieces 

 being spruce and banksian pine. This area extends from the north boundary to 

 about the centre of concession VI, and extends from three-quarters of a mile to a 

 mile from the Dog river. There are other patches of large timber further south 

 along the river, but the largest timber in these has been cut some years ago. The 

 remainder is timbered with poplar, banksian pine and spruce, principally, with some 

 patches of birch and tamarac. The banksian pine in the westerly half is larger and 

 more scattered than that on the easterly half which would average from six to eight 

 inches. 



TOPOGKAPHY. 



The land in the western part of the township is of a rolling nature with occas- 

 sional hills ; that in the eastern half is more broken and in some places is badly cut 

 up by ravines, which are, however, pretty well confined to the northerly part of the 

 east part of the township. Along the Dog river through the three southerly con- 

 cessions there is a considerable area of level land, but the remainder of the land 

 adjacent to the river is for the most part rocky and broken. 



Soil. 



The soil over the entire township is red clay and clay loam containing varying 

 quantities of sand. There are rock outcrops of some extent and some of the soil 

 is rocky, but from seventy-five to eighty per cent, of the area of the township should 

 be well adapted to agricultural purposes. 



